2026 MLB Draft: How many players with Connecticut ties were selected?

The 2026 MLB Draft was completed Sunday evening, with 681 players from around the United States being selected by the league’s 30 franchises. 

More than a dozen of these draftees have connections to Connecticut, ranging from Nutmeg State natives, local college stars and alums of the state’s various collegiate summer league teams. Here’s a look at all 13 players with Connecticut ties selected in this year’s draft. 

Connecticut high school stars

Ryan Oshinskie (Fairfield) – No. 192 overall:Oshinskie is the highest-drafted Connecticut native in this year’s draft, heading to the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth round to cap off an impressive rise from the Ivy League to the show. The 6-foot-3 righthander grew up in Stamford and starred at nearby Fairfield Prep, earning a pair of All-Southern Connecticut Conference selections. 

The Brewers took a chance on Oshinskie even though the 20-year-old missed his entire 2026 college season at Brown due to injury, convinced by a stellar season in the Cape Cod Baseball League the previous summer. Oshinskie posted a superb 1.93 ERA across 13 appearances with the Orleans Firebirds, falling just short of the 1.20 mark he reached in the 2024 summer with the NECBL’s Bristol Blues.  

Matt Scott (Redding) – No. 243 overall:Scott will begin his MLB career with plenty of experience in pressure-packed moments, featuring in Georgia’s run to the College World Series last month. The Redding native posted a 7-0 record and the team’s fourth-lowest WHIP across 20 appearances this season, largely in relief roles, but he allowed four runs in five innings during Georgia’s loss to Oklahoma in the College World Series. 

Named GametimeCT’s Player of the Year in 2022, Scott led Joel Barlow to a Class M state championship and enrolled at Stanford that fall. Scott earned second-team Freshman All-America honors and enjoyed three successful seasons with the Cardinal before transferring to Georgia for his final year of eligibility. Scott was drafted in the eighth round Sunday by the Cleveland Guardians. 

MATT SCOTT SLAMS THE DOOR 🔥🔥🔥

Georgia takes the series in Starkville for first time since 2008. Statement made. pic.twitter.com/8Yus5nK8Aw

– 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) April 4, 2026

Matthew Buccierro (Ridgefield) – No. 285 overall:Buccierro claims one more piece of Fairfield University program history on his way out the door, becoming just the third Stag drafted inside the first 10 rounds of the MLB Draft and the first in over 40 years. The Fairfield leader in home runs, RBIs, total bases, runs scored, triples and walks, Buccierro was named MAAC Player of the Year after posting a .668 slugging percentage and leading the Stags to the conference championship game. 

Before Fairfield, Buccierro was also a 2022 GametimeCT All-State selection at Ridgefield, where he maintained a remarkable .597 on-base percentage. He played with the Norwich Sea Unicorns of the FCBL after his freshman collegiate season and will join the Chicago White Sox. 

Zach Peters (North Haven) – No. 295 overall:Peters rocketed onto MLB Draft radars this spring with a remarkable senior season for VCU, as his 1.68 ERA ranked fourth in program history. The 23-year-old finished with an 8-1 record across 25 appearances as VCU racked up 38 wins and reached the NCAA Tournament. 

Growing up in North Haven, Peters traveled just across state lines to attend the Trinity-Pawling School in New York, where he also quarterbacked the football team and played squash. Peters spent the 2023 and 2024 summers in the Appalachian League and was selected in the 10th round by the Miami Marlins Sunday. 

Last one, best one🤝

Zach Peters posted a 1.68 ERA this season, one of the best in VCU history, and climbed into the top 10 with his 12th career save in the NCAA Tournament.@zpeters66 | #LetsGoVCUpic.twitter.com/zT3svu6l04

– VCU Baseball (@VCUBaseball) June 11, 2026

Patrick Clemmey (Avon Old Farms) – No. 429 overall:Clemmey was raised in Rhode Island and starred for Bishop Hendricken in the Ocean State, but he opted to spend a post-graduate season at Avon Old Farms in Connecticut. The 6-foot-5 pitcher is currently committed to SEC powerhouse Vanderbilt. 

Connecticut college stars

Elliot Lascelles (Yale commit) – No. 60 overall:Lascelles currently stands to bring a rare influx of blue-chip talent to the Ivy League, as the young middle infielder is the highest-rated position player from Canada in this high school class. The San Diego Padres certainly bought into the hype surrounding Lascelles, using a second-round pick on the Ontario native. 

This spring, Lascelles’ team toured Arizona and Florida for the opportunity to face mostly minor-league arms across various spring training setups, hitting .389 with four extra-base hits in 59 at-bats. Yale will have an uphill battle in retaining Lascelles for the upcoming season, who is in line to receive a $1.6 million signing bonus. 

Charlie West (UConn) – No. 233 overall:West blossomed into a star during his second season with the UConn program in 2025, posting a 6-0 record and a 2.58 ERA across 15 appearances. The New York native struggled to match this sophomore success as his ERA grew to 4.23 despite leading the Big East in strikeouts, but his overall run at UConn was enough for the Dodgers to select West in the seventh round Sunday. 

UConn coach Jim Penders has now produced 80 MLB Draft picks across his tenure in Storrs, and it’s the 21st consecutive season that a Huskies player has been drafted. West spent his freshman summer playing for the Danbury Westerners in the NECL. 

Chris Torres (Eastern Connecticut State) – No. 490 overall:Torres will represent USC Upstate after being selected in the 16th round of the MLB Draft Sunday, but the southpaw actually began his college career at the Division III level with Eastern Connecticut State. Torres finished with a 2-5 record for the Warriors in 2024 and transferred away from the program after his freshman season. 

Connecticut collegiate summer league players

Five players selected in this year’s MLB Draft have previously played for collegiate summer league teams in Connecticut. Here is a full list of these players. 

Eric Guevara (No. 205 overall) – Mystic Shooners (NECBL)
Joe Tiroly (No. 215 overall) – Bristol Blues (NECBL)
Andrew Gaines (No. 311 overall) – Norwich Sea Unicorns (Futures Collegiate Baseball League)
Christian Coppola (No. 369 overall) – Mystic Shooners (NECBL)
Jett Johnson (No. 396 overall) – Mystic Shooners (NECBL)

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